Improvement in life-preserving caps and capes combined



E. J. McC'ARTHY & G WILBUR.

LIFE-PRESERVING CAP AND CAPE COMBINED.

Patented Aug. 8, 1876,,

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ATTBRN Y N-PETERS. PHDTO-LITHGGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D O.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE EDMUND J. MCCARTHY, OF RED HOOK, AND GASTONWILBUR, OF SAUGER- TIES, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN LIF E'PRESERVING CAPS AND CAPES COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 180,903, dated August8, 1876; application filed J nne 12, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, EDMUND J. MCCAR- THY, ofRed Book, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, and GASTONWIL- BUR, of Saugerties, in the county of Ulster and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Sleeping-Gap and Life-Preserver, ofwhich the following is a specification:

Our invention consists in rnakin g a cap with a cape attached, with aninflatable space in each, so that either or both of the said spaces maybe filled with air; the object being to furnish a cap which may answerthe threefold purpose of protecting the wearer from cold and storm, ofan air-pillow, to be used on the cars or in camp, and as alife-preserver.

Referring to the drawing, A is a cap, made from rubber or other materialwhich is impervious to water or air, and is provided with an externalenvelope, at, which is 'also made from water-proof material, and isunited to the band of the cap by an air-tight seam.

A tube, b having a suitable mouth-piece and valve, is attached to thecap, for inflating it while it is on the head. A cape B, is attached tothe cap, and is made from waterproof material, and is double at 0, sothat it may be inflated by blowing through the tube d, which is providedwith a mouth-piece and valve.

It will be seen that when the cap and cape are not inflated it forms anordinary stormcap, and that when it is inflated the confined air in thespace which surrounds the head serves to protect the head from cold. Itmay be used as a pillow; it being filled with air gives it the requiredelasticity, and in case of emergency it can be conveniently used as alife-preserver, the contained air giving it the necessary buoyancy.

We do not confine ourselves to the exact form shown in the drawing, norto the precise arrangement described in the specification, as theinvention is capable of modification.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A combined cap and cape, made from materialswhich are impervious to water or air, each having an inflatable space,arranged substantially as shown and described.

EDMUND J. MCCARTHY. GASTON WILBUR. Witnesses:

T. B. MOSIIER, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

